<p>If anyone has any questions about classes/structure/social life/etc, post 'em here and I’ll get to them when I can. I’m a Wharton student who transferred from the College, so I can answer questions about either school if you need.</p>
<p>What's the "average" week like in Wharton?
Is there ALOT of work that you have to lose sleep over?</p>
<p>I don't know if you ever read the book, "The Running of the Bulls: Inside the Cutthroat race from Wharton to Wall Street" by Nicole Ridgway, but in it she talks about how competitive Wharton students are that they don't even help each other and that they are so stressed out and get so much work, they have to pull all-nighters. She definitely doesn't paint a good image.</p>
<p>So how is it really??</p>
<p>Second the competitiveness question.
Also, my interviewer said that students tend to self-segregate based on school (Wharton with Wharton people, Nurses with Nurses, and College with College peers), even though the adminstration is trying to integrate more (mixed housing, etc.). What is your perspective on that?</p>
<p>It definitely is a matter of time management and the kind of schedule you set for yourself. Some Wharton students have very easy schedules, and others take on challenging classes -- and lots of them. If you create a schedule for yourself and plan ahead, you can manage your time more effectively so you don't find yourself pulling all-nighters. You don't want to fall into a pattern of staying up all night and burning out during the day. You need to allocate time and effort correctly if you wish to stay afloat.</p>
<p>There are some people who compete till death, but for the most people, people are willing to help each other. Helping others helps yourself too because it simply exposes you to the material more, and being able to teach something is indicative that you're understanding things. So it is not as cutthroat as it seems -- it just sucks when everyone does well on a difficult test (blast that Wharton curve)!</p>
<p>As for housing, it's definitely mixed. I know like one or two Whartonites who look down upon everyone else in other schools, but these are huge outliers. All the schools are mixed -- at any given moment, I'm hanging out with a group of College/Engineering/Wharton students (I haven't met too many Nursing students to be honest!), and so it is definitely integrated. Besides, it's a natural filter: the people who segregate based on school aren't people you want to hang out with anyway.</p>
<p>Hey. I applied ED this past november and received a "Denied" notice.</p>
<p>I was interested in transferring to Wharton as a sophomore from either
Brown, U.Chicago, NW, NYU(stern)
Can you tell me what the best strategy in transferring to Wharton is and what school from my list will give me the best chance at transferring and best preparation?
My high school stats can be found on the page "What are my chances?"
under the thread "Brown (and a list of other colleges)....chance me pleaseee..."</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Hopeful -</p>
<p>Don't pick your school on the basis of which one is best for transferring into Wharton. Assume that you'll be there for 4 years and pick on that basis. They're all great colleges but your chances of transferring from any of them are remote - they have very few spots to fill and take very few transfers - something like 25 are accepted each year from 400 applications. Give transfer a shot but you have to commit emotionally to the school you're actually attending or you won't get the full experience. The best prep will be to get very high grades, which is a good idea anyway. They want transfers to have something like a 3.8 or above and look mostly at grades. It's not "holistic" like a freshman app.</p>
<p>That's really bad.
25/400 = 6.25% of all applicants?</p>
<p>Holy crap. Does this mean that i'll have to load up on easy ass courses and try to get A's in every single one for 2 semesters?</p>
<p>Ok anyhow. I see what you're saying. Wharton transfer chances are extremely low. But on the otherhand its based on grades.</p>
<p>Which of the schools listed would give me what im looking for?
(a combination of respect and excellenct job placement & starting SALARY!)</p>
<p>Brown, U.Chicago, NYU(Stern), Northwestern?</p>
<p>One of my friends here transferred from Arkansas. They only accept like 25 people externally. It's really hard and you need a good application. It's an incredibly low rate -- more than 90% of applicants are rejected, so many sure you definitely have backup plans.</p>
<p>For internal transfers we only consider GPA. For external transfers it's very much like freshman admissions except in addition to reviewing your high school record (and whether you would have been admissible as a freshman) we also consider the courses you take in college, how well you do, your faculty recs, what leadership roles you have in college, etc. You're better off talking to transfer admissions than asking questions here because there are so few external transfers into Wharton and maybe 1-2 on CC.</p>
<p>Oh and for what it's worth, most of our transfers come from Stern and Michigan, but like someone mentioned above, you are MUCH better off attending a school that you will enjoy rather than attending one that you think will get you into Wharton.</p>
<p>What is more advantageous when it comes to getting a BIG time job at wall street?
What is more likely to raise my business aptitude and make me knowledgable?
I think the business major might better satisfy that although i applied for Econ major just because its the closest i can get to business major.</p>
<p>And my most important factor is respect. Which school would set me up for a job in i-banking world/hedge funds AND earn me a LOT of respect simultaneously? NYU(stern)? Chicago? Northwestern? Brown?</p>
<p>based on what everyone has written to me now and in the past, should i assume that there is a LARGE probability I will not be accepted as a TRANSFER because 1- attaining a GPA 3.7+ just to be competitive is very hard, 2 - I was denied admission Early Decision a couple of months ago, and 3- I had no business ECs in high school whatsoever (i.e. leadership positions)?</p>
<p>Once again feedback is helpful. Thanks.</p>
<p>On my final transcript this year (my sophomore year) I might be getting two B-pluses. One would be in Honors Algebra 2, and the other would be in Honors Chemistry. Again, I am not exactly sure if this will be my final grade, as there are two more terms to go. Anyway my question is, would these couple of B+'s be a great impact on my application and prevent me from getting in? Next year, I plan on taking the toughest courses my school has to offer and hopefully doing better (all A's). This year was a little rough for me because I switch schools. Last year I had over a 4.0 GPA and all honors classes. Anyway, will these two lower grades this year hurt me?</p>
<p>How difficult is it to transfer within schools at Penn, and what school did you transfer from, SEAS or the College?</p>
<p>sak09: Probably not. Do not worry bout that at all, seriously. 4.0... that's a number you'll rarely hear over here :P </p>
<p>cj: Well it depends on the courses you take, as you need a high GPA to transfer (along with Math 104 and Econ1/Econ2), about an A-/A average. I transferred from the College.</p>
<p>What is more advantageous when it comes to getting a BIG time job at wall street?
What is more likely to raise my business aptitude and make me knowledgable?
I think the business major might better satisfy that although i applied for Econ major just because its the closest i can get to business major.</p>
<p>And my most important factor is respect. Which school would set me up for a job in i-banking world/hedge funds AND earn me a LOT of respect simultaneously? NYU(stern)? Chicago? Northwestern? Brown?</p>
<p>based on what everyone has written to me now and in the past, should i assume that there is a LARGE probability I will not be accepted as a TRANSFER because 1- attaining a GPA 3.7+ just to be competitive is very hard, 2 - I was denied admission Early Decision a couple of months ago, and 3- I had no business ECs in high school whatsoever (i.e. leadership positions)?</p>
<p>Once again feedback is helpful. Thanks.</p>
<p>Really depends on your interest. Many people from Wharton and others from the College with Econ go into similar fields -- as for respect, I think that is something you can really only earn on your own. The type of degree or where you go doesn't automatically set you up for a million-dollar job or earn you respect. You can earn respect wherever you go :P</p>
<p>The 3.7+cutoff is for the internal transfers, for those already at Penn. Externals have it a lot harder because the cutoffs are probably higher and they evaluate everything else, whereas internal is solely GPA. Not having business EC's won't hurt you at all, either.</p>
<p>I see.
In the future i want to do hedge fund work or i-banking.</p>
<p>I have applied to NYU(stern), Brown, U.Chicago, Northwestern, Mit, Stanford
Which one of those places will get me to where i want to go and help make it easy for me to transfer into Wharton?</p>
<p>Btw, does Wharton look for business EC's in college, or leadership in college for external transfers?</p>
<p>I hear Wharton students can actually take a role in admissions? I find that really intersting. Could you describe how the process work?</p>
<p>The closest I can relate is that at the Univ of Western Ontario national scholarship recipients are invited to assist with the award process in subsequent years.</p>